Friday the 13th Page #16

She turns off the faucets and now we hear the dripping sound

that Marcie had heard. BRENDA looks off at the shower stalls,

shrugs, picks up her lantern and makes her exit.

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85 EXT. RURAL ROAD - NIGHT

STEVE's Jeep coughs, sputters, stalls. OVER we can hear him

trying to re-start his dead engine. R-r-r-r...

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86 INT. STEVE'S JEEP - NIGHT

STEVE angrily steps on the gas again and hits the starter.

R-r-r-r-rrr... nothing...

He looks up to see headlights coming at him in his rear view

mirror.

STEVE, wearing a yellow slicker, gets out of the Jeep to try to

flag down the oncoming car.

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87 EXT. RURAL ROAD - NIGHT

STEVE smiles to see that the oncoming car is the local police

car, driven by a middle-aged cop named TIERNEY. TIERNEY has

the window down already.

TIERNEY:

I told you not to buy that hunk of junk!

STEVE:

I think water got into the electrical

system. You ride me back to camp? I'll

get one of my counsellors to drive me

back tomorrow morning.

TIERNEY:

Why not?

STEVE is around the car and hopping in almost before TIERNEY

can answer.

TIERNEY:

(continuing)

"To serve and protect" don't mean to

chauffeur.

He puts the car in gear and roars into the night.

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88 INT. GIRL'S CABIN/COUNSELLOR'S SECTION - NIGHT

Under a single hanging lightbulb, BRENDA finishes writing at a

small table.

The weather howls outside. There's a tapping sound. BRENDA

looks up. Listens, yawns, then gets up and starts to take off

her clothes.

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89 EXT. GIRL'S CABIN - NIGHT

Through her window we can see BRENDA changing into her soft

yellow pajamas.

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90 INT. GIRL'S CABIN - NIGHT

The tapping returns.

BRENDA:

That could drive a person bug-city.

The SOUND is apparently coming from the front of the cabin;

perhaps she can fix it without getting too wet.

BRENDA grabs her slicker and heads out.

The CAMERA FOLLOWS BRENDA through the darkened cabin to the

front door.

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91 EXT. GIRL'S CABIN - NIGHT

There is a small roof overhang like a porch, affording some

protection from the wind and wet.

ANOTHER ANGLE, CLOSER: as BRENDA hears the tapping sound

closer by. She looks and sees.

WE SEE WHAT SHE SEES: somebody has ties a kitchen knife to a

string and left it dangling from the eaves. The wind blows,

making the knife tap against the building.

BRENDA:

Neddy? Cut the screwing around, Neddy!

She grabs the knife, breaking the string.

BRENDA:

(continuing)

This isn't even half funny.

Angry, BRENDA turns and goes back inside the cabin.

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92 INT. GIRL'S CABIN - NIGHT

BRENDA comes in shaking off her slicker, carrying the knife.

BRENDA:

Christ, what a jerk.

The single bulb goes out.

BRENDA:

(continuing)

Great. Now what?

BRENDA crosses to the table, puts down her knife and strikes a

match. She fires up the propane lantern.

BRENDA:

(continuing)

Looks like I turn in early.

She moves the lamp and gets ready to climb into her bed. She

reaches down and takes the coverlet and tugs it clear,

revealing something that has been left there.

REACTION SHOT:
Fear spreads across her face.

REVERSE POV:
WE SEE WHAT SHE SEES: A camp hatchet lies across

her pillow. The shiny blade is marked with blood.

BRENDA turns and runs from her room.

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93 EXT. PATHWAY/CAMP - NIGHT

BRENDA runs through the rain, her flimsy pajamas drenched. Her

bare feet slip in the mud. She heads for a small rise that

leads to the softball field.

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94 EXT. SOFTBALL FIELD - NIGHT

WIDE SHOT of BRENDA running across the softball diamond.

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95 EXT. ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - NIGHT

CLOSE UP:
a hand reaches in and slams on a circuit breaker.

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96 EXT. SOFTBALL FIELD - NIGHT

CLOSE UP:
Two large spot lights on a telephone pole light up.

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97 EXT. SOFTBALL FIELD - NIGHT

The softball field is now lit. BRENDA is confused. She looks

off behind the backstop. Then to center field. Confused, she

runs out of the light into the darkness and underbrush behind

third base. The CAMERA slowly zooms in on the darkness where

BRENDA exited. We hold on that spot for several seconds.

Finally the silence is broken by a terrified scream. Then

another.

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98 INT. BIG MEETING ROOM - NIGHT

ALICE is at one of the windows.

ALICE:

I don't here it anymore.

BILL:

Can't hear anything through that wind

and rain.

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